Benjamin Baker was born in Somerset, England, and trained under
renowned civil engineer Sir John Fowler, eventually becoming his
assistant.

Achievements include the
construction of:

Forth Rail
Bridge for which he was knighted

several
parts
of the London Underground

first
of the
Aswan Dams in Egypt

first
Hudson
River Tunnel, USA

Baker was also responsible for the relocation and installation of
Cleopatra’s Needle at the River Thames, London.

Sir John Fowler, Sir Benjamin Baker
and Henry George Clopper Ketchum, were the three senior engineers
employed on the Chignecto Ship Railway.

Brunlees, Sir
James (1816-1892)

James Brunlees was born in Kelso, Scotland.

Achievements include the
design/construction of :

Bolton
& Preston Railway,
England

Mersey
Railway that included
building a tunnel under the River Mersey

São
Paulo Railway, Brazil

A rack
railway over the Mont
Cenis Pass in the Alps

Avonmouth
and Whitehaven Docks,
England

Brunlees was Consulting Engineer with the original Channel Tunnel
Company which planned to link Britain and Europe. Also, together
with E.B. Webb, he proposed a ship railway across the Suez Isthmus in
preference to a canal.

Henry George Clopper Ketchum worked
under Sir James Brunlees on the São Paulo Railway in Brazil
1860-1865.

Clark, Edwin
(1814-1894)

Edwin Clark was born in Buckinghamshire, England.

Achievements include
design/construction of :

Hydraulic
Lift Docks and Canal
Lifts including the first hydraulic balance lock built at Anderton, on
the River Weaver, in Cheshire, England

Edwin Clark and Henry G.C. Ketchum
were contractors on the Eastern Extension of the New Brunswick
Railway. Edwin Clark was also the inventor of the lifting docks
to be used on the Chignecto Railway, a Board Member and a Provisional
Director of the Chignecto Marine Railway Company.

Eads, James Buchanan
(1820-1887)

Captain James Eads was born in Indiana, U.S.A.

Achievements include :

production
of steam-powered,
ironclad warships used in the American Civil War

construction
of the Eads Bridge
- a triple arch bridge across the Mississippi, connecting Illinois and
Missouri

Eads put forward a proposal for the building
of a ship railway across
the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexicoas a viable
alternative
to a
canal; the proposal was not accepted and the Panama Canal was built in
its place. Captain Eads was a
supporter of the
Chignecto Marine Railway and confirmed the validity of Ketchum’s claims
in writing to Sir Charles Tupper (then Minister of Railways and Canals
in the Canadian Government).

Fitzmaurice, Sir
Maurice (1861-1924)

Maurice Fitzmaurice was born in England.

Achievements include:

the
construction of the
Rotherhithe tunnel under the River Thames, London

the
construction of an
irrigation dam on the River Nile

Chief
Engineer to the London
County Council

Sir Maurice Fitzmaurice was one of the
key engineers employed on the Chignecto Ship Railway.

Fowler, Sir
John (1817-1898)

John Fowler was born in Sheffield, England. He was both an
architect and engineer and was knighted in 1890.

Achievements include design/construction
of :

Forth Rail
Bridge, England

St.
Enoch's Station in Glasgow,
Scotland

Pimlico
Bridge over the River
Thames

Victoria
Station, London, England

London
Underground railway system

Fowler was also consulting engineer on the Great Western Railway,
England.

Sir John Fowler, Sir Benjamin Baker
and Henry George Clopper Ketchum, were the three senior engineers
employed on the Chignecto Ship Railway.

Keefer, Thomas Coltrin
(1821-1915)

Thomas Keefer was born in Ontario, Canada.

Achievements include design/construction
of:

Ottawa
Water Works

Hamilton
Water Works

Victoria
Bridge (Quebec)
foundations which span the St. Lawrence River

Keefer was the Chief Engineer of the Montreal Water Board, and was well
known for his writings which include The
Philosophy of Railroads and
The Philosophy of Canals. Keefer was also co-founder and
first President of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers.

Collingwood Schreiber was born in Essex, England, and emigrated to
Canada in 1852.

Achievements include:

Succeeded
Sir Sandford
Fleming as Chief Engineer of the Canadian Pacific Railway

Chief
Engineer of Railways
to the Canadian Government

Ketchum’s proposals for the Chignecto
Ship Railway were referred by the Canadian Government to Collingwood
Schreiber (Chief Engineer of the Department) who supported the idea
from a practical and economical viewpoint.